Characteristics of recessional moraines at a temperate glacier in SE Iceland: Insights into patterns, rates and drivers of glacier retreat

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 135, Issue , 2016, Pages 171-205

  Chandler, Benjamin M P ^a   Evans, David J A ^a   Roberts, David H ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glacier climate interactions; Ice marginal retreat; Iceland; Recessional moraines; Sk lafellsj kull

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DIGITAL STORAGE; ICE; OCEANOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE WATERS;

AIR TEMPERATURE CHANGES; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; ICELANDIC GLACIERS; ICELANDS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; RECESSIONAL MORAINES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); TEMPERATE GLACIERS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE VARIATION; GEOMETRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIER RETREAT; ICE MARGIN; MORAINE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; REMOTE SENSING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TIMESCALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ICELAND;

EID: 84957052176     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.01.025     Document Type: Article

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